How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 0 list it before the 1% line and 1 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
1 of 1 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 3W5S57M958 · registered name EDETATE DIPOTASSIUM ANHYDROUS · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: EDTA and Salts
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Diammonium EDTA, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, HEDTA, TEA-EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tripotassium EDTA, Trisodium EDTA, and Trisodium HEDTA
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ＥＤＴＡ－２Ｋ: 本品は、エチレンジアミン四酢酸（ＥＤＴＡ（＊））の二カリウム塩であり、次の化学式で表されるジアミン誘導体である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2001-94-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 217-895-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3058612
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9032298
- IUPAC
- Dipotassium 2,2'-{ethane-1,2-diylbis[(carboxymethyl)azanediyl]}diacetate
- Molecular formula
- C10H14K2N2O8
- Molecular weight
- 368.425 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · solid
- Colour
- white
- Melting/freezing point
- 252 ℃
- Flammability (solid, gas)
- not flammable
- Vapour pressure
- 0 hPa (25℃)
- Water solubility
- 108 g/ℓ (20℃, pH: 5.3)
- Vapour density
- 1.77 g/㎤
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -4.3 (log Pow, 25℃)
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 400 ℃
- Decomposition temperature
- 252 ℃
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Chelating agent2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectroscopy (GC–MS) Simultaneous Determination of Limonene, Linalool, and Linalyl Acetate in Rat Plasma Following Transdermal Administration of the Essential Oil of Bergamot Loaded Onto Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (NanoBEO) · 2025
- Bilirubin crystals in neutrophils of a newborn with Rh incompatibility · 2022
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Diammonium EDTA, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, TEA-EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tripotassium EDTA, Trisodium EDTA, HEDTA, and Trisodium HEDTA · 2002
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata